White lines, don\'t ya love em!

[OB_Tangram]

It's wet in London. It's been wet for months. No big news there, but for the first time in a long time the weather has made me have bad thoughts about the human race and its supposed mastery of technology. How is it that in the '60's man got to the moon, but in '00 we still ride on roads where your standard white line is f*$£"@g lethal?

Braking (not hard at all 'cos it's WET!) and the front end washes out on me. Managed to catch it, but I nearly coughed up my spleen with the adrenaline rush! You guys in the states have this problem too, or have your transport people sussed out that having a material that acts like glass when damp is not funny or even very clever when you plaster it in copious quantities over your highways?

Excuse me while I rinse out my leathers.

 

[OB_Badagindo]

Nope. In the states it's always sunshine and dry roads. In Phoenix, we ride 12 months a year. It rains 5 days a year.

Go ManCity.

 

[OB_00 so Blue]

Its still slicker than snot the dozen or so days that it dose rain on the Central Coast of Califrnia.

 

[OB_VegasDude]

it only rains 4.2 times per year in vegas and mostly at night...............

 

[OB_Sarge]

I've heard of litigation where the sealant used to fill up roadway cracking was applied with too much width (wider that the tire on a motorcycle), causing a rider to lose control, resulting in a traffic fatality.

 

[Guest]

In Pennsylvania as in the UK it rains and snows fairly regularly. Not much of a penalty to live in a place where things GROW. The world is turning green all around us. The air smells of wonderful organic things. I'm sure the UK is even prettier. Riding on a day like today is almost worth waiting out the rain and snow.

Yeah even dew in the morning or rain makes white lines, tar snakes(we have millions) and bridge, sheet steel expansion joints slippery as cat sh*t.

Handling the little slides is "All part of the adventure".

[This message has been edited by Lyle (edited 29 April 2000).]